Posts Tagged ‘emblem’
Friday, January 4th, 2013
See?

Petroleum powers cars and ships – I suppose that’s The Message from the Builders of 225 Bush.
Contrast that with the message from the current owners of 225 Bush found on this Wiki entry, which reads like an advertisement for potential tenants.
Or in other words, “This article’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.”
Indeed.
Tags: 2012, 225 Bush, bay area, building, california, chevron, derrick, emblem, financial district, global warming, il, propeller, San Francisco, sansome, ship, smoke cloud, Standard Oil, Standard Oil Building, street, Wheel, wikipedia
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Upon further review, this kind of thing is cheesy.
Generally, sedans get the silver hood ornament (which evolved from last century’s external radiator cap) and coupes get the grill ornament, but there’s nothing stopping you from having both, I s’pose:

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Tags: bay area, california, car, coupe, emblem, Mercedes, mercedes benz, San Francisco, sedan, star, stars, Two Stars
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Monday, December 10th, 2012
Here’s why – if you invert the colors of the old logo, it still looks like something:

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Conversely, if you invert the colors of the new logo, it looks like garbage.
See?

Actually, the new logo looks like garbage anyway, inverted colors or no…
Tags: 1868, 2012, bad, bay area, Berkeley, blue yellow, cal, california, college, colors, emblem, horrible, invert, let there be light, logo, lousy, new, protest, San Francisco, terrible, UC, university, university of california
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
This thing is huge:

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Now you know better the Robert Dollar Building
Tags: 2012, 311, 311 California Street, battery, bay area, building, california, elevator, emblem, financial district, flag, gold, logo, red, Robert Dollar, Robert Dollar Building, San Francisco, street
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Check out the old-school all-metal emblem – I would have thought something like that would have used in the 1960′s or the 1970′s, but this rig is from 1984.
Oak Green and Star Silver:

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Keep on keeping on, Fuji del Rey.
Tags: 1984, 2011, bay area, bike, Blue, california, emblem, fuji, Fuji del Rey, japan, Japanese, made, metal, mount, Mt., Oak Green, road, rococo, San Francisco, Star Silver, steel
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